Christopher Bickel
Director THE THETA GIRL (2017), BAD GIRLS (2022), and PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT (2024).
Bands: In/Humanity, Guyana Punch Line, Anakrid
West Columbia, SC
Horror in opposition.
I coined the term "Emoviolence."
Www.paternostermovie.com
- Reposted by Christopher BickelWe've got another one out from @salemhorrorfest.bsky.social and I am full of FOMO because I haven't been since 2023. Read about Pater Noster and the Mission of Light from @brownreclusedalia.bsky.social horrormovieblog.com/pater-noster...
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- "This Year’s Most Exciting Horror Film Was Made For Just $21,000"
- "I love that it was in your face and over the top... The music and disturbing imagery created a perfect atmosphere of anxiety and dread. Blood, gore, culty music, Pater Noster and the Mission of Light has set out to shock the senses and have succeeded."
- This is a REALLY bad idea.
- After watching the AI video of the deceased victim, the judge told the family, "I loved that AI, thank you for that. As angry as you are, as justifiably angry as the family is, I heard the forgiveness...I feel that that was genuine.” I am speechless. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Reposted by Christopher BickelMJ's @katespenser.bsky.social shares some highlights from this year's @salemhorrorfest.bsky.social and already can't wait to see what @horrorarts.bsky.social has in store for next year! #salemhorrorfest
- Reposted by Christopher BickelICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers theonion.com/ice-ope...
- "But it sort of represents something that's both horrible and beautiful and strong and miserable. Weak. It's got a lot of, it's got a lot of qualities that are interesting."
- Just saw an 80s photo of a spray-paint-covered wall at legendary LA venue Al's Bar and in it there was a very prescient line of graffiti: "When you're beyond belief you're beyond the law."
- Chilling at the Park and Blow
- With the famous purple T line from Love on the Spectrum!
- It was great meeting @katespenser.bsky.social and @rosaliekicks.com from @moviejawn.com at @salemhorrorfest.bsky.social. Can't wait to dig into these!
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- "In a year full of horror movies trying to split the difference between vibes and carnage, Pater Noster and the Mission of Light gets there better than most — and definitely better than Opus. It’s scrappy and handmade and rough around the edges, but that’s exactly why it feels so alive."
- Reposted by Christopher BickelElon backtracked on DOGE savings goals from $1 trillion to $150 billion. But watchdogs report only $12.6 billion in verifiable savings. That represents just 0.173% of the U.S. federal budget for 2025. We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
- "This feels truer to the insane spirit of drive-in movies that you wonder, “Who is this for, other than me?” than any movie I’ve seen in years. Yet it feels real, lived in, authentic. This is, quite literally, the actual shit. A near-perfect film. Find it and live in it now."
- Had a slew of rave reviews come in overnight indicating our screening at Calgary Underground was a success! Thank you to the wonderful staff of CUFF for putting together such an amazing event! I hope I can attend in the future and not have my flight redirected to an El Salvadoran gulag. #cuff2025
- Reposted by Christopher BickelNEW: Pete Hegseth’s Signal chats about pending strikes in Yemen included information from a top general’s secure messages to him, three U.S. officials with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
- I hope her phone with an open Signal chat wasn't in the purse.
- Pater Noster named as the 2025 feature film recipient for the GEORGE A ROMERO FELLOWSHIP by the The George A. Romero Foundation and @salemhorrorfest.bsky.social. This is a humbling honor - My parents first date was NOTLD at the Drive-in, so if it weren't for Mr. Romero I might not be here at all.
- Reposted by Christopher Bickel“Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was mistakenly included, the newly revealed one was created by Mr. Hegseth. It included his wife and about a dozen other people from his personal and professional inner circle…”
- Trump is cutting the NIH budget by nearly half. I don't see any logical reasoning for the destruction of our health infrastructure other than they are intentionally setting us up for a major population cull.
- "This movie was made for me"
- I'm telling you. They have already murdered that man.
- Back in stock at Diabolikdvd.com @diabolikdvd.bsky.social
- 30% off BluRays and Soundtrack LPs until Saturday at the Pater Noster IGG. www.paternostermovie.com
- Trump and Musk are in the middle of firing the people who would protect us from shitbutter.
- “The now-recalled butter was distributed to grocery stores in seven states—Arkansas, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.” www.realsimple.com/butter-recal...
- Thank you to @amoebamusic.bsky.social in San Francisco for stocking our movies PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT and BAD GIRLS!
- Reposted by Christopher BickelThis is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
- Reposted by Christopher BickelChina continues trolling the US with new videos. Here’s one - “US sweatshop factory”
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- The PATER NOSTER Indiegogo is running a 30% off sale this week. A substantial savings on that 2xLP soundtrack & Blu Ray bundle! www.paternostermovie.com
- I guess all my high school Civics classes about Due Process were just Far-Left propaganda. @studiogibli.bsky.social have y'all's lawyers seen this post from The White House?
- Several more to be announced soon.
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- Reposted by Christopher BickelHow it started // how it's going
- Reposted by Christopher BickelThe Official Feature Selections page is now up. Check it out! @smashism.bsky.social @stefanmacdonald.bsky.social @izzylee.bsky.social @mattdevino.bsky.social
- Trying to get drunk enough to record this intro/thank you for Calgary Underground Film Festival and figure out how to apologize for the lunatic currently occupying the White House.
- I got interviewed for this Discogs article on Whipped Cream and Other Delights, in which Herb Alpert asks the interviewer if I am crazy: "I tell Alpert the story during a break in his tour... Bickel’s collection still surprises him. “Really?” he laughs. “Is he crazy?”
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- Ever look at a flower and hate it? Happy 43rd birthday to "Generic Flipper"
- Our movie will be playing Fantaspoa 2025, Latin America's largest and most influential genre film festival! Have you seen it yet? www.paternostermovie.com
- Happy 45th birthday to the "Realities of War" EP!
- Reposted by Christopher BickelIn other news, Der Spiegel found private phone numbers, email addresses and some passwords for Waltz, Gabbard and Hegseth online www.spiegel.de/internationa...
- We are honored to be an Official Selection for the Calgary Underground Film Festival! This is an incredible festival and line-up! To our friends in Canada, I'd like to apologize on behalf of the half of the country that despises our President and his aggression towards you, our Northern friends.
- Reposted by Christopher BickelThis guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Posting for conversation's sake:
- Allegedly one of Mike Johnson's GRINDR chats:
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- Posting for conversation's sake...
- Did the portrait say "Employee of the Month" under it?
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- I've had work play in roughly 100 film festivals. The # of festivals that have offered a screening fee is 3. We just received a SF from a festival that is 6x the festival's entry fee. A substantial amount for a struggling filmmaker. WHY ISN'T THIS THE NORM rather than an exception to the rule?
- @fangoria.com somehow left Pater Noster and the Mission of Light off the headline
- RIP Wings Hauser
